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GLEN SAINT MARY NURSERIES 
Citrus 'Department 
POMELOS, continued 
MARSH SEEDLESS. Large size, slightly 
flattened; skin very smooth; heavy, juicy, and 
of excellent quality. Nominally seedless, it gen¬ 
erally has a limited number of seeds. Desiral)le. 
PERNAMBUCO. Large size; skin smooth, 
light yellow; quality excellent. Introduced by 
United States Department of Agriculture from 
Pernambuco, Brazil. A fine late variety. 
ROYAL- Medium size ; skin smooth and of 
light yellow color. The bitter Pomelo charac¬ 
teristic is almost entirely lacking, so that it may 
be eaten out of hand like an orange. Quality 
good. Moderately early. A strong grower 
and heavy bearer. 
TRESCA. Fruit of large size and fine appear¬ 
ance. Pulp rose-colored and of fair quality. 
Introduced from the Bahamas. 
TRIUMPH. Medium size ; skin smooth ; 
heavy, juicy and well-flavored ; less bitter than 
some other varieties. Ripens early. A strong 
grower and prolific. 
LEMONS 
Although Lemons liave been grown extensively for a number of years in the more tropical 
portions of tlie United States, there are still annually imported into this country many thousands 
of crates, the home supply being entirely inadequate. To our customers in the West Indies and 
Mexico, vvliere the climatic conditions are so favorable, we would suggest that commercial 
Lemon culture should prove a very profitable industry. W'hen budded upon the hardy Citrus 
irifoliata they can be grown in many sections of the Citrus belts of P'lorida and Louisiana. 
VILLA FRANCA. Medium size; rind smooth, thin and sweet; juicy; acid very strong and 
of fine quality ; tree has but few thorns, and is a vigorous grower and very productive, l^'niit a 
good shipper. Imported by Oeneral Sanford; considered one of the very best; has taken first 
rank in many competitive exhibits. 
KUMQUAT 
This is the smallest of the citrus fruits and has not heretofore been planted very extensively 
for commercial purposes in this country. It is supposed to have originated in Cochin, China, and 
is quite extensively grown at the present time in Japan, also in the districts of Ini-chau, Chusan 
and Ningpo, China. In Japan it is called Kin-kan, which means Gold Orange ; Kumquat is 
Ciunese for the same meaning. Botanists now know it as Citrus Jafionica, although it has in the 
past been listed under various names by horticultural historians. 
I he tree attains a height of lo to 12 feet, with a spread of top nearly equal to the height. It 
is very symmetrical in growth and produces an abundance of handsome little fruits annually. 
The blossoms come during tlie summer and the fruit ripens during the late fall and winter. 
I his fruit has been introduced, in a limited way, in the markets of this country and, where 
properly handled, has brought very fancy prices. On our own shipments we have obtained from 
$6 to $10 per strawl)erry crate of thirty-two quarts. In packing our fruit, we always clip little 
bunches of fruit with foliage attached and pack it in strawberry baskets. In northern markets it 
seems to sell better where the foliage is mixed in with the fruit, as Kumquats are often used for 
table decoration, and the leaves add greatly to their beauty. This is an advantage from the ship¬ 
per s standpoint, as the leaves help fill up the baskets and make a larger volume than if the fruit is 
clipped ofT and packed by itself. 
In China and Japan Kumciuats have been grown almost exclusively on Citrus trifoliata stock, 
to which they seem admirably adapted. W'e have propagated them in a limited way, on sour 
orange and sweet orange roots, but they do not seem to prove very successful on these stocks. 
At the present time we are propagiting them on both Citrus trifotiata and rough lemoti stocks. 
